1BROOKLYN , N.Y. — A Crown Heights man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment and stabbing her new partner in a near-fatal attack, prosecutors said.

Clifton Turner, 39, was convicted in September 2024 of two counts of first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, and petit larceny following a jury trial. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Eugene Guarino handed down the sentence.

Prosecutors said Turner initially confronted the 26-year-old victim on November 4, 2020, in the lobby of the ex-girlfriend’s Pulaski Street apartment building, threatening to kill him and stealing his bike. Hours later, around 3:30 a.m. on November 5, Turner forced his way into the apartment and stabbed the victim twice in the left arm, severing

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